Schiphol wins Business Traveller Award

British business travellers have again voted Amsterdam Airport Schiphol as the winner of the Business Traveller Award in the category 'Best Airport in Europe 2013’.

Maarten de Groof, Schiphol Group Vice President & CCO: 'We are immensely proud that British business travellers have voted Schiphol the best European airport for the 24th time. Every year we welcome almost 7.5 million British passengers travelling through Schiphol. In the next few years to come, Schiphol will continue to invest in quality and capacity to remain Europe’s Preferred Airport.

Business travellers from Great Britain are an important group of travellers to Mainport Schiphol. Each day 120 flights to and from 28 destinations in Great Britain, a significant portion of which are operated by Air France-KLM and other airlines, depart from Schiphol.

At the awards ceremony Mr Warner Rootliep, General Manager for the United Kingdom and Ireland for Air France-KLM, made the following statement: 'Our collaboration with Schiphol is crucial for the travel experience we offer our passengers as a whole. This award is a token of recognition for the efforts and investments made by Schiphol in the past few years. We can consider ourselves very fortunate to have such a successful hub.'

Business Traveller AwardThe winners of the Business Traveller Awards are selected every year by the British readers of the Business Traveller magazine. The magazine was launched in 1976 and has developed into an authoritative source of information and an entertainment specialist read by business travellers all over the world.